Will Ukraine join the EU? One of the most touching moments in world politics over the past several years occurred this week when Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president who has rightly become a global superstar, gave his speech to the European Parliament about the current horrors of the war, his people’s bravery in the face of it, and of course, his desire for Ukraine to become an EU member. Perhaps even more emotionally stirring for me was listening to the man who was translating Zelensky’s speech into English almost break down as he spoke the president’s words.
Putin has changed the whole dynamic of Europe in that Nato and the EU are intrinsically now linked as a defence and Economic bloc to Putin for as long as he remains dictator.
One thing that depresses me about the EU response to the Ukraine crisis is that in significant part, it's been as good as it has been because the UK isn't involved. (my opinion)
It appears that public opinion in the UK is that we should be supporting Ukraine, we should be providing visa-less access for Ukrainian refugees , and we should be sanctioning oligarchs with assets in the UK far harder than we are. The EU response looks far closer to what the UK public want than this UK government are willing to deliver and I believe that had the UK still been part of the UK, we would be the stumbling block to a productive EU response.
Such a disaster leaving the EU 😒
Putin has changed the whole dynamic of Europe in that Nato and the EU are intrinsically now linked as a defence and Economic bloc to Putin for as long as he remains dictator.
Terrible timing for Brexit Britain.
I always enjoy reading these posts. Thank you.
One thing that depresses me about the EU response to the Ukraine crisis is that in significant part, it's been as good as it has been because the UK isn't involved. (my opinion)
It appears that public opinion in the UK is that we should be supporting Ukraine, we should be providing visa-less access for Ukrainian refugees , and we should be sanctioning oligarchs with assets in the UK far harder than we are. The EU response looks far closer to what the UK public want than this UK government are willing to deliver and I believe that had the UK still been part of the UK, we would be the stumbling block to a productive EU response.